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©David Quinn
Dist:0.3km<br/>Many of the roads around Oxton are now one-way streets in an attempt to stop people using Oxton as a short-cut.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Oxton village is a pleasant inner suburb of Birkenhead, containing many listed sandstone buildings. A one-way system has been introduced to try and avoid road users using Oxton as a short-cut, as many of the roads are quite narrow and residential.
©David Quinn
Dist:0.4km<br/>Retirement housing in Shrewsbury Road, built in 1977; the name commemorates Warin Foster Bushell (1885-1974), former Headmaster of Birkenhead School. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warin_Foster_Bushell
©James Yardley
Dist:0.4km<br/>The photo was actually taken in Arno Road - South Bank is a narrow track.
©Peter Craine
Dist:0.4km<br/>St Saviour's Church is on the corner of Gerald Road and Bidston Road, Oxton. It has a commanding position upon Oxton Ridge, overlooking Birkenhead, the Mersey and Liverpool to the East; and Wirral and North Wales to the West. The foundation stone of the present building was laid by Miss Catherine King on 26th March 1889 and the church was consecrated on Ascension Day 1892.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>St George's flag flies from the red sandstone tower on Christmas Day. The present church was completed in 1892 to designs by Harvey, Pennington and Bridgen to replace an earlier church of 1846 which had been rendered too small by the rapidly growing congregation of the Victorian Birkenhead suburbs. Before that date Oxton had been part of the medieval parish of Woodchurch. http://www.oxtonstsaviour.co.uk/
©James Yardley
Dist:0.5km<br/>Situated in the same building as an art gallery.
©David Quinn
Dist:0.5km<br/>The back of St Saviour's church in the early morning light before Morning Prayer (08:00 daily).
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Tower and Parish Centre (opened 2006). There are various meeting rooms in the Parish Centre, as well as offices and a refreshments area.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Formerly an Anglo-Catholic church (prior to about 1979) this church has slipped down the candle rather and is now fairly middle-of-the-road.
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